explain the political system on the prerevolutionary France
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Pre-revolutionary France, governed under the monarchic and political system titled the Ancien Régime, saw the supreme and absolute rule of the French King. Citizens were subject of the king of France as well as a member of an estate and province, the rights and status were derived from the three social institutions, divided into three orders: clergy (First Estate), nobility (Second Estate), and the rest of the population (the Third Estate). The social gap between the bourgeoisie and proletariat (Third Estate) and the French elite and aristocracy was wide (First and Second Estates), and the heavy tax system that was impeded on the Third Estate created frequent frustration among them. The ambitions of the middle class, who had wealth and education but, because they belonged to the Third Estate, were barred from social and political advancement.
The immediate cause of the French Revolution was the impending bankruptcy of the government. King Louis XVI (1774-1792), who was overflown with debts, funds on numerous large wars, and the inability to tax the First and Second Estates created financial difficulties in France. The crisis peaked in 1787 and 1788, where inflation, unemployment and food shortages were tormenting the entire country. In the first time in over a century, he summoned the Assembly of Notables in May 1789, which were made up of delegates from each of the three estates to discuss a solution to the problem. The Third Estate, mainly bourgeoisie lawyers, arrived in Versailles expecting to negotiate about changing the taxation system and granting equal rights to all classes. When their intentions were marked by disdain and indifference from the other Estates, the delegates, with some members of the First and Second Estates, formed a new governmental body, the National Assembly, and swore to remain in Versailles until the granting of a constitution by the King. The assembly gradually rose up to power over France, and as a result, the power of King Louis XVI was reduced. Guided by Enlightenment, the assembly guaranteed civil liberties in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and this document marked the transfer of power: a key turning point in French history.
In the next pages, there will be summaries on the greatest Enlightenment thinkers and their principles that have influenced the creation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, one of the greatest Enlightenment works to have such a impact on modern history.